Toilet fixture



G. LIDDELL.

TOILET FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-20,1921.

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GEORGE LIDDE-LL, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

TGILET FIXTURE.

Application filed December 20, 1921.

has for its object to provide an improved fixture of simple construction which whilst being easy of access for ire-filling, is adapted to prevent theft both of the toilet roll and the fitting itself.

According to this invention each bracket is formed with a longitudinal slot adapted rotatably to support one end of the roller said slot having an upwardly opening branch at each end, the mouth of that branch at the outer end being closed by a spring influenced detent adapted to permit the insertion into but not the extraction fromv said slot. of the end of the roller.

Preferably the mouth of the slot at the outer end of each bracket is at such a distance from the back plate as just to permit the insertion of the roller with a full. sized roll of paper and the inner mouth of said slot is at such a distance from said back plate as to prevent the the extraction of the roller until the roll of paper is exhausted. Preferably also the means for securing the fixture to its support is so arranged as to be accessible only when the roller has been removed.

One form of the invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings of which Figure 1 is a front elevation, Figure 2 is a plan and Figure 3 an end elevation with a portion of the bracket broken away more clearly to show the construction.

it back plate a of wood or other suitable material has a pair of obtuse angled sheets metal brackets o Z) of substantially triangular shape secured to it by means of screws (Z or the like passing through inwardly directed flanges 0, 0, formed on said brackets Z), 72 one of the screws 01 or the like of each bracket 6 passing through the backplate a into the door wall or other support (not shown) and serving to retain the fitting in position. The upper marginal portion of Serial No. 523,686).

each bracket 7) is bent outwards at right angles along each of two parallel lines so as to form a channel section flange e, whilst an extension of said marginal portion is bent so as to form a tongue f adapted to be secured to the back plate a by means of a screw g or the like. A longitudinal slot h is formed in each bracket 2) parallel with its upper edge, said slot it having a transverse branch j near the inner end of the bracket 1) communicating with a transverse slot in the upper surface of the flange e and having a. re-curved portion m at its outer end communicating with a transverse slot a in 70 the upper surface of the flange 6 near its outer end. I

An upwardly projecting tongue 79 is provided at the rear edge of each slot at by pressing up the metal during the formation of said slot and a leaf spring (I secured in juxtaposition to the under side of each flange c by means of rivets r, r or the like, extends across the under side of the slot '17,.

A roller 8 of wood or other suitable mate- 80 rial is provided with a pair of coaxial pivot pins 25, 6 adapted to pass through the slots h, h and their connections and is adapted to form a spindle for. a roll of toilet paper a. The brackets b are so spaced on the back 35 plate a as to permit the free insertion of the roll a therebetween and the radial distances of the centre lines of the slots is and a from the base plate a are respectively equal to the radii of the roller 8 and the roll a. The roller s is inserted within a roll of toilet paper uand is placed between the brackets b, b so that the pins 2 6 rest on the outer ends of the adjacent flanges e, e and against the tongues The roll a is then pressed downward ly so that the pins 6, t bend the springs q, q and are admitted to the slots h, it through the recurved portions m, m, the springs g, g returning to their normal positions after the passage of the pins t, t.

The toilet paper may then be used as required, the pins 23, t revolving in the slots in h and gradually sliding towards the back plate a as the paper is expended. When the roll a has been exhausted the pins 25, t will have reached a position below the slot 71; and the roller 8 may be removed for the purpose of re-filling the appliance. Since the springs q, q extend across the slots at, n it is extremely diflicult to remove the roller 8 and roll of paper a by withdrawing the pins 25, t through said slots n, a and as the roller .9

can only pass through the slots 70, 70 when the paper is exhausted it is practically impossible for the roll of paper a to be ab-' stracted from the appliance excepting by the usual unwinding process.

Preferably those screws 05 or the like which are normally obscured by the roller :2 or roll all-4;. e. the upper onesare used for securing the appliance and its base plate a to the support, in order to prevent the re moval of the appliance when carrying a roll of paper a. v

If desired the back plate a may be formed integrally with the brackets b, 7), e. g. by casting or stamping or a wooden backplate a may be provided with a covering of metal or other suitable material, said covering being formed with holes for the positioning and reception of the screws d and 9. Also the brackets Y), 7) may be formed from a single sheet of metal or the like, the flanges c, 0 being integral with one another and forming a distance piece for spacing the brackets 79, I).

By forming the brackets b, F) so that the longitudinal slots 71,, h incline downwardly towards their inner ends, the outer surface of the roll of toilet paper a is constrained to bear against the back plate a and is prevented from rotating unduly thus preventing waste due to the delivery of an excess of paper.

I claim 1. A toilet fixture of the kind set forth wherein each bracket is formed with a longitudinalslot adapted rotatably to support one end of the roller said slot having an upwardly opening branch at each end, the mouth of that branch at the outer end being closed by a spring-influenced detent adapted to permit the insertion into but not the ex traction from said slot of the end of the roller.

2. A toilet fixture as claimed in claim 1, wherein that mouth of the slot at the outer end of each bracket is at such a distance from the back plate as just to permit the insertion of the roller with a full sized roll of paper and the inner mouth of said slot is at such a distance from said back plate as to preventthe extraction of the roller until the roll of paper is exhausted.

3. A toilet fixture as claimed in claim 1, wherein the means for securing the fixture to its support is so arranged as to be accessible only when the roller has been removed, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A toilet fixture as claimed in claim 1, wherein an upwardly projecting tongue p is provided at the rear edge of each slot n so as to form a guide-stop for the ends of the roller.

5. A toilet fixture as claimed in claim :2 wherein the means for securing the fixture to its support is so arranged as to be accessible only when the roller has been removed, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. A toilet fixture as claimed in claim 2 wherein an upwardly projecting tongue 79 is provided at the rear edge of each slot n so as to form a guide-stop for the ends of the roller.

7. A toilet fixture as claimed in claim 3 wherein an upwardly projecting tongue 12 is provided at the rear edge of each slot n so as to form a guide-stop for the ends of the roller.

GEORGE LIDDELL. 

